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Show Attempt to BIoit i n. House It till Ciiuiit I'ouder. Virginia City, July 5. An attempt was made this morning to blow up the house of Thomas Evans, No. 13 Howard Btroet. When he opened his door this morning he found an infernal machine placed agaiust his door in tbe shape of a quantity ol giant powder, to which a fuse and cap was attached, aud connected with this wasa short cuudlc end which had been lighted but blown out by the wind. Hud the explosion taken place the house weuld have been demolished de-molished and its occupants killed. Il is supposed that the miscreant who made the attempt is the one who placed a giant powder cart idge in a stick of wood, nearly killing a woman by tbe explosion. |